Tug Hill

08/22/2023

08/08/2023

03/15/2023

Still snowing!❄

03/14/2023

02/01/2023

From northern chateau

01/21/2023

Every two weeks, the NYS Tug Hill Commission posts updates to its biweekly newsletter, the Tug Hill Times. For Throwback Thursday, we are showing you a blast from the past: an excerpt from the very first Commission newsletter, sent to local stakeholders in December 1973.

Looking more closely at the limits of the proposed study area, you may notice how the concept of the region - and some of the municipal lines - has changed in fifty years.

The nomenclature has changed as well. When reading older materials, you'll notice that it was once very common to refer to this upland region of New York State as the "Tug Hill Plateau" due to its relatively flat top; however, strictly speaking, Tug Hill is not actually a plateau at all. Geologically, Tug Hill's features most closely resembles a "cuesta": a hill or ridge of layered rock strata with a gentle slope on one side and a steeper escarpment on the other. But perhaps "Tug Hill Cuesta" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

12/29/2022

12/29/2022

Photo sent from a really good friend of mine. Rodney tamblin. Aka Santa. From Rodman tonight. Awesome sky with the fresh snowfall.

12/26/2022

JCSO Sergeant Todd O’Brien on sled patrol, County Route 62. That’s a lotta snow!

Photo by Deputy John Gleason

12/24/2022

If you think it’s over except for the wind think again. The band has broke apart up by the river and is weak. However it will get better organized again and swing back south with a vengeance tonight and tomorrow. The picture below is how much the NWS is forecasting for downtown Watertown on Christmas Day and night. If you wished for a white Christmas, your gonna get one and more. In the years I have been up here I have never seen the NWS forecast this much snow for Watertown in a 12 hour grid for Christmas Day. Stay safe and warm everyone.

12/23/2022

A Blizzard Warning was issued for the Niagara Frontier, including the Buffalo Metro area. Lake effect snow, strong wind, blowing snow, and -10 to -25 wind chills will follow a frontal passage Friday. Travel will be difficult to impossible Friday through much of Christmas weekend.

12/21/2022

12/21/2022

Like memories of a Tug Hill childhood......

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12/14/2022

'Twas the week before Christmas, when all through Tug Hill
Not a groomer was stirring, there was nothing to tell;
The trailers were loaded in the driveways with care,
In hopes that Major Lake Effect soon would be there;
Northernchateau 12/13/2022

11/16/2022

Well, Accuweather escalated this one pretty fast. ❄️🍞🥛🥚❄️

11/16/2022

I’ve been busy today working in the stables and finishing fences in advance for the tonight’s snow and the Lake effect for the end of the week into the Weekend.

I wanted to get the map for snow amounts posted. These are my final thoughts on snow amounts. This is just a general guide, as is always the case, snow amounts can vary over short distances, locally higher amounts are possible. Snow amounts will depend on the timing of the energy transfer, track of the coastal and elevation. Please don't ask for what about my backyard.... find where you are on the map and go by that.

I will try to post a write up later tonight on the rest of the week.

11/11/2022

The beauty you find in Winona Forest

10/20/2022

Photo submitted. 3 Mile Bay tonight. grauple.

10/16/2022

PHOTO OF THE DAY: "Meandering along Indian Pass Brook" Photo: Jennifer Perry

02/28/2022

Barred Owl in Wadhams. Photo: Tena Perrelli. NCPR's Photo of the Day (http://ncpr.org/photo ) is supported by NoCo Homestead, LLC

02/24/2022

WINTER STORM WARNING, from the NWS
A winter storm warning is in effect starting 1 AM Friday for areas east of Lake Ontario. While the heavier snow will be towards the east, there will be impacts everywhere as snow on roads Friday morning will slow the morning commute.